Collection Highlights
Manhattan Rifles!
Date:
1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.055.3.226
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Henry Clay Commemorative Medal
Object Number:
1952.73
Date:
After 1852
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 1/16 in. ( 7.7 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, below bust truncation, at center: "C.C.WRIGHT F."
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse showing nude bust of Henry Clay facing left with legend: "HENRY CLAY./BORN APRIL 12.1777. DIED JUNE 29.1852. [on scroll at lower center]." Reverse depicts hand holding paper bearing inscription, partly obscured by fingers: "AMERICAN SYSTEM,/SOUTH...IONS/COMPROMISES," against rock labelled: "CONSTITUTION"; legend above: "THE ELOQUENT DEFENDER OF NATIONAL RIGHTS/AND NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Alfred C. Middlebrook
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
